NASA awarded one of the first CLPS task orders to Astrobotic for the Peregrine mission in May 2019 and identified Lacus Mortis as the landing location at that time.
Astrobotic completed testing of the Peregrine lander on 2023-01-25 and is awaiting ULA’s authorization to ship the spacecraft to Cape Canaveral for pre-launch processing.
In a 2022-12-06 presentation to NASA’s Planetary Science Advisory Committee, Joel Kearns displayed a map of CLPS landing locations that showed Peregrine landing near the Gruithuisen Domes.
NASA announced on 2023-02-02 that Astrobotic’s Peregrine mission will attempt a landing near the Gruithuisen Domes on the northeast edge of Oceanus Procellarum on the Moon’s near side.
Peregrine is ready to be shipped to Cape Canaveral, Florida when United Launch Alliance gives the green light to receive it.
In addition to Peregrine, the inaugural Vulcan launch, called Cert-1 by ULA, will carry two demo satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper broadband constellation.
Astrobotic Technologies previously performed electromagnetic interference testing of the Peregrine lander.
Peregrine is the primary payload on the inaugural launch of United Launch Alliance's Vulcan Centaur rocket.
Astrobotic Technologies has completed testing of its Peregrine lunar lander and is ready to ship it to Cape Canaveral for launch.
Astrobotic Technologies and United Launch Alliance have not announced a formal launch date for the Peregrine mission.
The Peregrine lander will remain on public display until it receives the green light from United Launch Alliance for shipment to Cape Canaveral for prelaunch processing.
Astrobotic Technologies completed thermal vacuum testing of its Peregrine lander on January 25.
The two demo satellites for Amazon's Project Kuiper will be deployed into low Earth orbit while the Peregrine lander is placed on a trajectory to the moon.
Peregrine is ready to be shipped to Cape Canaveral, Florida once United Launch Alliance gives approval to receive it.
Peregrine is planned to launch from Florida in the first quarter of 2023.
Peregrine was originally scheduled to spend a week at Dayton T. Brown Inc. to complete residual integration activities and prepare for thermal vacuum chamber (TVAC) testing.
Peregrine completed EMI/EMC testing ahead of schedule and will arrive back at Astrobotic’s Pittsburgh headquarters on 2022-12-23.
Dayton T. Brown Inc.’s EMI/EMC testing for Peregrine took place at its facility in Bohemia, New York.
The completion of environmental testing marks a critical step forward in the Peregrine program.
Peregrine’s integration with the Vulcan Centaur is scheduled to support a launch currently planned for the first quarter of 2023.